Multiple Representations in Chemical Education

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gilbert, John K. (Editor), Treagust, David (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Models and Modeling in Science Education, 4
• Subjects: Education.; Science education.; Science Education.

Chemistry seeks to provide qualitative and quantitative explanations for the observed behaviour of elements and their compounds. Doing so involves making use of three types of representation: the macro (the empirical properties of substances); the sub-micro (the natures of the entities giving rise t...